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The Boss Baby

2017 PG 1h 37m Animation, Adventure, Comedy Universal Pictures

There's a new boss in town.

The Boss Baby Box Office

Opening Weekend
$50.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$175.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$504.1M
$329.1M international
Domestic Legs3.44x
Budget$125M
2017 Rank#17
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $50.20M $50.20M 3,773 $13.3K 1
Apr 7-9 1 $26.36M -47.5% $89.44M 3,829 $6.9K 2
Apr 14-16 2 $16.01M -39.3% $116.79M 3,743 $4.3K 3
Apr 21-23 2 $12.71M -20.6% $136.95M 3,697 $3.4K 4
Apr 28-30 4 $9.37M -26.3% $148.79M 3,739 $2.5K 5
May 5-7 3 $5.98M -36.2% $156.54M 3,284 $1.8K 6
May 12-14 6 $4.50M -24.8% $162.28M 2,911 $1.5K 7
May 19-21 8 $2.85M -36.7% $166.20M 2,071 $1.4K 8
May 26-28 9 $1.73M -39.4% $168.98M 1,342 $1.3K 9
Jun 2-4 12 $621K -64.0% $170.92M 684 $908 10
Jun 9-11 13 $512K -17.5% $171.82M 432 $1.2K 11
Jun 16-18 19 $323K -36.9% $172.49M 260 $1.2K 12
Jun 23-25 19 $331K +2.3% $173.08M 241 $1.4K 13
Jun 30-Jul 2 22 $221K -33.3% $173.53M 215 $1.0K 14
Jul 7-9 21 $191K -13.4% $173.91M 195 $980 15
Jul 14-16 23 $140K -26.6% $174.20M 170 $825 16
Jul 21-23 24 $137K -2.2% $174.46M 163 $842 17
Jul 28-30 30 $97K -29.7% $174.66M 149 $648 18
Aug 4-6 38 $63K -34.8% $174.81M 120 $524 19
Aug 11-13 52 $26K -58.4% $174.88M 87 $301 20
Aug 18-20 56 $18K -32.9% $174.92M 109 $161 21
Aug 25-27 65 $12K -34.3% $174.94M 97 $119 22
Sep 1-3 75 $11K -4.5% $174.96M 90 $122 23
Sep 8-10 71 $8K -26.0% $174.98M 31 $263 24
Sep 15-17 96 $1K -81.8% $174.98M 13 $114 25
Sep 22-24 104 $524 -64.8% $174.98M 5 $105 26
Sep 29-Oct 1 53 $15K +2827.3% $175.00M 32 $479 27
Oct 6-8 109 $100 -99.3% $175.00M 2 $50 28
Oct 20-22 92 $2K +1500.0% $175.00M 2 $800 29
Oct 27-29 98 $838 -47.6% $175.00M 2 $419 30

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTom McGrath
ScreenplayKen Daurio
Produced byUniversal Pictures
MusicHans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro
StarringAlec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel
StudioUniversal Pictures

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